I was driving a borrowed vehicle to special leadership workshops, listening to the Psalms on my phone. I wanted to praise God and focus on Him before I presented messages as requested on “the kingdom of God”. My mind drifted as I thought about this kingdom where Jesus is King, where the kingdom is everywhere a follower of Jesus is, where Jesus with His people is doing battle against the enemy who claim rulership in this world . . . This is what I was prepared to talk about but as Psalm 2 began to play, it was on topic so I gave it full attention.
“Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed, saying, ‘Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles’.” It is true, I reflected, today’s leaders of the world often are against the Lord and Jesus His Son.
“The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, ‘I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain’.”
Yes, Jesus, because of Your life, death and resurrection, You have defeated the enemy and sit in the heavenly Zion as King—but there is more to come yet—please come back and make this true on earth. Be King over all the earth.
“I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: He said to me, ‘You are my son; today I have become your father. Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession’.”
Wow! Really! The nations of the earth are Your inheritance Jesus; every person on earth is potentially Your eternal possession. Oh, Jesus, can You please make this happen. At this point my mind focused on verse 8 and the rest of the Psalm was background words.
We launch South Pacific for Christ in Brisbane in April and right now the 11 nations of the Trans Pacific are active in disciple-making and preparing for a public harvest in July and August. Verse 8 was the verse for our Church to claim this year.
If we ask God, and uplift Jesus proclaiming Him as the victorious King, we can claim these nations for Christ. Will you join me in claiming this promise this year?
